Window-screen.



PATENTBD MAR. 21, 1905. R. P. WAKEMAN. WINDOW SCREEN.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT, 29. 1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT PEEL WVAKEMAN, OF SOUTHPORT, CONNECTICUT.

. WINDOW-SCREEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 785,530, dated March21, 1905.

Application filed September 29, 1904. gerial No. 226,420.

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Be it known that 1, ROBERT PEEL WAKE- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Southport, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement inWindow-Screens; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the numerals of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in

Figure 1, a view in outside elevation of a window provided with screensconstructed in accordance with my invention, a portion of thewindow-casing being broken away to show the friction-spring of the upperscreen; Fig. 2, a view of the window in vertical transverse section, thelower screen being shown by broken lines as swung outward and upwardpreparatory to unhooking it from the upper screen; Fig. 3, a view inhorizontal section 011 the line a b of Fig. 1 through the window-casing,the upper sash, and the upper screen; Fig. 4, a view in horizontalsection on the line d of Fig. 1 through the window-casing, the lowersash, and the lower screen.

My invention relates to an improvement in window-screens, the objectbeing to produce a simple and effective window-screen constructed withparticular reference to superior convenience in use.

With these ends in view my invention consists in window-screens havingcertain details of construction, as will be hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claims.

In carrying out my invention as herein shown I employ an upper screencomprising a sheet 2 of wire-cloth mounted in a rectangular frameconsisting of side pieces 3 3 and upper and lower cross-pieces 4 4. Thesaid side pieces 3 3 are formed with vertical grooves 5, receivingscreen-runners 6 6, con sisting of vertical strips applied to the innerfaces of the uprights 7 and '7' of the windowcasing, which alsocomprises a head-piece 8 and a sill 9. These screen-runners are locatedbetween the upper window-sash 10 and the window-blinds (not shown) whenthe latter are closed and eXtend down to the bottom of thewindow-casing, so that they provide for pulling the upper screen downinto the lower portion thereof. A friction-spring 11, located in thebottomof the groove 5 of the left-hand side piece 3, engages with theface of the left-hand screen-runner 6 and frictionally holds the screenagainst rattling or shaking, as well as in place, and permits the screento be removed by crowding it from left to right, so as to compress thespring, whereby the left-hand side piece 3 of the screen is disengagedfrom the left-hand screenrunner 6, after which the screen may be removedfrom the window.

The lower screen consists of a sheet 12 of -wire-cloth mounted in arectangular frame consisting'of side pieces 13 13 and upper and lowercross-pieces 14 and 14. This lower screen is hinged to and suspendedfrom the lower cross-piece 4 of the upper screen by means of twosuspension-eyes 15 15, located in the outer face of its upper crosspiece14 and respectively receiving two open suspension-hooks 16 16, mountedin the outer face of the said lower cross-bar 4 of the upper screen, thehooks opening upward, as shown in Fig. 2. The lower screen is held inits closed position, as herein shown, by means of an eye 17, locatednear.the lefthand end of its lower cross-piece 1 1 and receiving a hook18, carried by a staple 19, located near the lower end of the upright 7of the window-casing. By reference to Fig. 1 it will be seen that theside pieces 13 and 1.3" of the lower screen are not grooved tocorrespond to the side pieces 3 and 3 of the upper screen, but areformed with vertical flanges 20, which engage with the outer edges ofthe screen-runners 6 and 6 and come to a bearing upon the said runnerswhen the lower screen is closed and fastened. These fiangesbeing on theoutside of the said runners do not interfere with swinging the lowerscreen open when unhooked at its lower end. Under this construction bysimply unhooking the lower screen at its lower end it may be swung opento let theair in more freely or to throw anything out of the window andhooked into its closed position again with as much convenience as thelower sash 10 of the window can be raised and lowered for the samepurpose. By unhooking the screen at its lower end and swinging it intoor about the position in which it is shown-by broken lines in Fig. 2 itssuspension-eyes may be lifted over the ends of the suspension-hooks 15and the lower screen entirely disconnected from the upper screen andtaken in through the window into the room in which the window islocated. The lower screen being out of the way, the upper screen is thendrawn down into the place formerly occupied by the lower screen, thusgiving access to the upper window-sash for cleaning the same. When theupper screen is drawn down into the place of the lower screen, it isbrought into convenient position for being crowded from left to rightfor the compression of its spring 11, as described, and its removal. Byapplying the upper screen to the said screenrunners and by arranging thelower screen to I bear upon the outer edges of the said runners theupper and lower window-sashes 10 and 10 and the blinds (not shown) areas free to be used in the usual way as though the screens were not inthe window.

If desired, I may in screening long windows use more than two screens.In that case the construction of the lower screen would be duplicatedfor all of the screens except the upper screen, which would follow theconstruction set forth. This modified construction is an extension, soto speak, of what I have described and shown and is too obvious to needspecial illustration.

The upper sash 10 is confined between and guided by vertical shoulders21, formed in the uprights 7 and 7 and by the usual parting-strips 22,while the lower sash 10 is confined between and guided by the saidstrips 22 and the usual stops 23, all well known and re uiring nodescription.

n view of the changes suggested and of others which may obviously bemade, it is apparent that in carrying out my invention somemodifications may be made in the construction herein shown anddescribed. I would therefore have it understood that I do not limitmyself thereto, but hold myself at liberty to make such departurestherefrom as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a window-casing, of an upper window-sash and alower window-sash, screen-runners located upon the uprights of the saidcasing and situated outside of the said upper and lower sash, avertically-movable upper screen applied to the said runners, anoutwardly-swinging lower screen located outside of the said upper andlower sash and the said runners and suspended by its upper end from thelower end of the said upper screen and adapted to be removed at pleasurefrom the said upper screen to permit the same to be slid downward uponthe said runners into the place of the lower screen.

2. The combination with a window-casing, of an upper window-sash and alower Wvindow-sash, screen-runners consisting of strips located upon theuprights of the said casing and situated outside of the said upper andlower sash, a vertically-movable upper screen applied to the saidrunners, a lower screen located outside of the said upper and lower sashand the said runners, and suspension eyes and hooks applied to the lowerend of the upper screen and to the upper end of the lower screen,whereby the latter is suspended from the former and adapted to be swungoutward and free to be removed at pleasure from the upper screen topermit the same to be moved down upon the said runners into the place ofthe lower screen.

3. The combination with a window-casing, of screen-runners applied tothe uprights of the said casing, an upper screen confined by and slidingupon the said runners from which it is removable, and anoutwardlyswinging lower screen suspended by its up per end from thelower end of the upper screen so as to be. removed therefrom atpleasure, and when closed bearing upon the outer edges of the saidscreen-runners.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT PEEL IVAKEMAN.

Vitnesses:

MARY T. VVAKEMAN,

ALICE E. SCHRAGE.

